His face has been all over the news in the last week after his heroics in the London Marathon.

But maybe Matthew Rees isn't A-list enough just yet - he was turned away from a bar in his home city for wearing trainers.

The Swansea Harrier runner captured the hearts of people around the UK thanks to his selflessness at the marathon, when he sacrificed his own finishing time to help fellow runner David Wyeth who was struggling to make it to the end of the race unaided.

But a good-natured exchange on Facebook this weekend revealed that when he tried to get into Fancy a Rum? on Friday night, he was turned away.

The bar posted an advert for the pub with a clip of Matthew helping David on Facebook. The footage has been viewed millions and millions of times and was the stand-out moment of the marathon.

The picture that summed up the spirit of the marathon as Matthew helps David across the line (Image: AFP)

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Posting the clip, they wrote: "Who will you be a hero for this weekend?"

But Matthew had tried to get into the bar the night before, and replied (with a laughing emoji): "This is hilarious. Especially as they turned us away last night for wearing 'trainers'. It was probably for the best."